https://youtu.be/22lISUXgSUw Egyptian born Alessandro Mahmoud Italian singer became known while competing in the sixth season of The X Factor. In 2018 he was selected to participate in Sanremo Giovani as a newcomer and his song Gioventu bruciata (Burnt Youth) won a special critics award. Mahmood is the first openly Muslim contemporary rapper to hit the…
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https://youtu.be/c9d2GAck6bA Malika Ayane grew up in a multi-ethnic suburb of Milan, with a Moroccan father and Italian mother. She is a classically trained singer and musician. In 1995 she joined the White Voices Choir at the Teatro La Scala where she sang for seven years. She also studied cello at the Giuseppe Verdi music conservatory…
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https://youtu.be/uS8Hk8aoLZY Achille Lauro is quite a controversial figure in Italian music, a former drug dealer he burst onto the scene through the 2019 Sanremo song contest with this song Rolls Royce. The song quotes the names of several famous people who have died from drug overdoses like Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Maralyn Monroe and Jimmy…
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https://youtu.be/1pRPXIC4Vtk Cesare Cremonini is an Italian singer-songwriter and actor. He was the lead singer a successful pop band called Lunapop between 1999 and 2002. After the band broke up, he pursued a solo career and hasn’t looked back since. Cremonini is a gifted musician, songwriter and pianist. He has a quirky, conversational style with a…
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https://youtu.be/DM_h_rx6WtE Marco Megnoni’s mesmerising falsetto voice exploded onto the Italian pop scene in 2009 after he won the third edition of X Factor Italy. Since then he has sold over 2,8 million albums. He has participated twice in the Italian San Remo song contest, winning the competition on his second turn in 2013 with his…
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https://youtu.be/XNGL_5N4_ZU Claudia Lagona, better known as Levante, is an Italian singer-songwriter, writer and model. She became famous in the 2010s after recording four albums with successful singles and collaborations with other Italian singers. She wrote and sung with the likes of Gianni Morandi, Irene Grande, Max Gazze, the Kolors, Tiziano Ferro and Carmen Consoli. In…
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